FAQ: How do I build a simple email form in Flash Catalyst?

You can transfer projects into Flash Builder to add functionality like this. Be aware that with Flash Catalyst CS5 and Flash Builder 4, this is a one-way trip. Here is a tutorial by Tanya Heins that explains how:
Creating a simple form with Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder
See original discussion thread.

The best MP3 player I ever found for flash uses xspf
playlists and xml - really cool and easy to use/implement. Check it
at
http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/
This player will go through a playlist you determine, or can jump
from track to track. It takes a little bit of testing to set up,
but is much simpler than writing your own player - and it's free.

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All I need is a simple form for name, email addy and comment. I've been working on this all day/night and am pulling my hair out!!!
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It is sitting here: http://loonstyn.com/contact-form.html
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Try this contact form. It may give you some ideas for yours. This form is set up to require 3 additional files, a header file, a menu and a footer file. You can pust what ever you want in them. The header and footer are excellent for any repetitive portions that are needed on multiple web pages. Feel free to remove the includes and inject the necessary code to finish the web page.
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<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>Subject:<br /><input type="text" name="T3" size="50" value="" /></p>
<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>Message:<br /><textarea name="S1" rows="10" cols="80" style="vertical-align: bottom"></textarea></p>
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<p><sup style="color: red; font-size: 150%">*</sup>Required</p>
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FORM;
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$name=htmlentities(trim($_POST['T1']));
$email=htmlentities(trim($_POST['T2']));
$inputsubject=htmlentities(trim($_POST['T3']));
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$message="Name: " . $name . "\nEmail: " . $email. "\nRemote IP: " . $ip . "\nSubject: " . $inputsubject . "\nMessage:\n" . htmlentities(trim($_POST['S1']));
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<input type="submit" value="Back" onclick = "history.back()">
BACK;
die();
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On your form, a word of warning - Never allow input from a user to be used as a value for the mail header. As this allows someone to inject code including javascript into your email. Forcing you to email someone else with spam. It is best to create you fixed value that you know for the mail header and place their input in your message body where it won't hurt anything. And always use htmlentities to strip their inmput from any html tags.
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Hi Faryar,
Emailing a form requires some special setup on your web server. The actual sending of the email is done on the server-side. The SWF you create in Catalyst sends a request to your server, which then sends the email. Unfortunately, you have to be prepared to learn some server-side coding to get this to work.
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